风流债 風流債 fēng liú zhài lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 爱屋及乌 愛屋及烏 ài wū jí wū lit. love the house and its crow (idiom) / involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog. syn 移情别恋 移情別戀 yí qíng bié liàn change of affection, shift of love (idiom) / to change one's feelings to another love / to fall in love with sb else 桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair 春光 chūn guāng scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair syn 偷情 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair syn 私情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair syn 争风吃醋 爭風吃醋 zhēng fēng chī cù to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair syn 虐恋 虐戀 nüè liàn painful love affair / sadomasochism 风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life 风流韵事 風流韻事 fēng liú yùn shì poetic and passionate (idiom) / romance / love affair syn 网恋 網戀 wǎng liàn online love affair / cyberdate / Internet dating 情事 qíng shì circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair syn 烟花债 煙花債 yān huā zhài involved in a love affair 狗男女 gǒu nán nǚ a couple engaged in an illicit love affair / a cheating couple 罗曼使 羅曼使 luó màn shǐ romance / love affair / more commonly written 羅曼史|罗曼史 罗曼史 羅曼史 luó màn shǐ romance (loanword) / love affair syn 烂桃花 爛桃花 làn táo huā unhappy love affair 言情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair / romantic / sentimental syn 畸恋 畸戀 jī liàn improper love affair / unhealthy relationship (age-inappropriate, obsessive, incestuous etc) 秘密 mì mì secret / private / confidential / clandestine / a secret (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 秘诀 秘訣 mì jué secret know-how / key (to longevity) / secret (of happiness) / recipe (for success) syn 特工 tè gōng secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent syn 暗访 暗訪 àn fǎng to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret syn 私房钱 私房錢 sī fáng qián secret purse / secret stash of money syn 密令 mì lìng secret instruction / secret order 明察暗访 明察暗訪 míng chá àn fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides syn 明查暗访 明查暗訪 míng chá àn fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides syn 暗察明访 暗察明訪 àn chá míng fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides 暗道 àn dào secret passage / secret tunnel 香巢 xiāng cháo a love nest / a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory) 爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love / love affinity syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect syn 单恋 單戀 dān liàn unrequited love / one-sided love 定情 dìng qíng to exchange love tokens or vows / to pledge one's love / to get engaged 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 山盟海誓 shān méng hǎi shì to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 海誓山盟 hǎi shì shān méng to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 盟山誓海 méng shān shì hǎi to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 舐犊之爱 舐犢之愛 shì dú zhī ài the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love 早恋 早戀 zǎo liàn to be in love when one is too young / puppy love 因爱成恨 因愛成恨 yīn ài chéng hèn hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person 昵爱 昵愛 nì ài to love dearly / intimacy / close love 纯爱 純愛 chún ài pure love / BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media) 落花有意，流水无情 落花有意，流水無情 luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love) 情窦 情竇 qíng dòu (lit.) love aperture / (fig.) interest in love matters 事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 当事人 當事人 dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair) syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 走私 zǒu sī to smuggle / to have an illicit affair syn 出轨 出軌 chū guǐ to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair 艳遇 豔遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 婚外情 hūn wài qíng extramarital affair 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 物事 wù shì (literary) affair / matter / business / (dialect) item / thing / stuff 事 shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn 有一手 yǒu yī shǒu to have a skill / to have a lot on the ball / to have an affair 暧昧关系 曖昧關係 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship 务 務 wù affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means syn 胡搞 hú gǎo to mess around / to mess with something / to have an affair 捂 wǔ to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict syn 縡 zǎi matter, affair 縡 zài matter / affair 脚踏两只船 腳踏兩隻船 jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair 外遇 wài yù extramarital affair syn 局中人 jú zhōng rén participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair) 德雷福斯案件 dé léi fú sī àn jiàn Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice 有染 yǒu rǎn to have an affair with sb 棘楚 jí chǔ thorny problem / troublesome affair 风流佳话 風流佳話 fēng liú jiā huà romance / romantic affair 偷腥 tōu xīng to cheat on one's spouse / to have an affair 有一腿 yǒu yī tuǐ (coll.) to have an affair 偷人 tōu rén (of a married woman) to cheat on her husband / to have an affair syn 密码 密碼 mì mǎ cipher / secret code / password / PIN 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously syn 揭秘 jiē mì to reveal a secret syn 机密 機密 jī mì secret / classified (information) syn 战机 戰機 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle / fighter aircraft / war secret 外传 外傳 wài chuán to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored 秘笈 mì jí secret book or collection of books 奥秘 奧祕 ào mì secret / mystery syn 绝密 絕密 jué mì top secret syn 秘方 祕方 mì fāng secret recipe 隐秘 隱秘 yǐn mì secret / hidden syn 宣泄 宣洩 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret syn 天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn 密室 mì shì a room for keeping sth hidden / secret room / hidden chamber 帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang 私密 sī mì private / secret / intimate 诀窍 訣竅 jué qiào secret / trick / knack / key syn 暗处 暗處 àn chù secret place 